GOD'S LOVE IS LIKE AN OCEAN....

Both God's love and the ocean just go hand in hand... for me anyways.

 

 

 

I love everything about the ocean...the sound, the smell, the warm sand, the shells that are washed ashore, starfish, the breaking waves, building sandcastles, jumping the waves,and footprints in the sand.

 

The ocean is so large, you could  take a few buckets of water out of the sea and the ocean doesn't even notice it.  During the summer-time  as familes on the beach take bucket loads of water out of the sea to pour around their sandcastles, it still has no effect on the ocean.  As I think about that, I can't help to compare that to God's love.  God's love is similar...We draw from His love, and there is much more left.  There is more than enough....When we sin, God's love is sufficient to forgive and forget, even if our sin is big, God's love is bigger!

As I reflect on the ocean and let myself ponder and share with you my passion for not just the ocean, but for God's love, I may jump from here to there, yet I will do my best to express and stay focused.

I love the ocean... She is majestic, mysterious and almost a little scary at times, especially in a storm, where she is capable and does sweep people out to sea with her.  She is also as calming as a soft song on a calm sunny day.  She's got a lot of faces and moods, and i personally love them all.  She is a part of my soul.  There is a sereal feeling to be able to stand and be able to look way into the horizon, and see nothing but the ocean.

There is so much to the ocean, the more I learn all that it contains and its lar-geness, how can I help but to love it even more.  I have many recollections of going to the beach, to the board walk, Bahama's, Florida, South Carolina, Oregon, 13 day cruise to Alaska,  Hawaii, wherever the ocean is , i wanna be there!  I want to watch the sun set every day, i want to hear the waves crash and roar, i want to smell the salt air, i want to watch the fog roll in right in front of my eyes., i want to feel the mist, i want to feel the warm sand in between my toes and I want to witness each wave breaking and gently kiss the shoreline.

Beauty like no other....

 

The ocean is so mysterious....ship wrecks, treasures, sea monsters, mermaids..really? starfish, crabs, shells, muscles, sand dollars, jelly fish.  Low tide is awesome, if you are out there during low tide, you will be in awe at all the life in the sea.

 

Always a new adventure at the beach, the sand changes and reforms, a place to be silly and live for that moment.

 

and there is beach football....

 

A message in a bottle is rare...but a message in the sand is worth a thousand words....

 

the magic moment.... the beach, a light house, and the big question...

 

and she said "YES'

 

Viana.. bigger than life....

 

and no matter what... it's 5 o'clock somewhere!

 

two more that love the ocean unconditionally...lex and Ellie..

 

The sunshine alone makes me happy to be there, but the water and waves are a huge factor, as is the colors of the sea...the ocean is so amazing to me, because it can be so calm and peaceful, or another day in another part of the planet, it can be raging with huge crashing waves that are just beautiful and stunning. 

 

reflections on the water, the life it contains within, the mysteries and adventures that can be had...there is too many to list here.  I can't help but to think of the great depths to the shallow tide pools, amazed at all that can be explored and found within it. When I stop and reflect on how the ocean and  my heart and soul intertwine...Cruises to alaska, Bahama's, Mexico, Belize, Honderous, the Oregon Coast, down the southern coast, deep sea fishing, whale watching, snorkling and Half Moon Bay...You can imagine how happy and content ( yes alexis, happy and happy) i am, whether its early morning, or in the pitch black, not able to see the waves, but able to hear them, just the sound alone is soothing.

 

Feelings can't help but come into play, at least for me.  I can be having just about any kind of day, good or bad and always can feel better just by thinking of or being near the ocean.  It is simply beautiful to me, and warms my spirit and heart always.  I love even just pictures of it, I love the lighthouses, the fog lights, islands, ships, anything to do with the ocean...

 

a sunset to me, is just a reminder that God is the best artist there is, and reminds me of all the blessings from Him nearing the end of a day, and leaves me wondering what He has in store for the next day...

 

This takes me back to the beginning when I mentioned God's love is similar to the ocean...Buckets of water out of the sea to put around a sandcastle you built has no effect on the ocean, just as we draw form God's love, there is much more left, there is more than enough of God's love.

 

Jesus took the penality for our sin.  God is love and hasn't changed.  Never be afraid to call on God and ask Him, we can never exhaust His love.  Our "BIG" requests are "tiny" to our great God who is above all.  Don't try to buy God's love...it's not for sale.  Already paid for, it's free. God loves us, not because of who we are, what we are, where we are.  He chose to love us, because He wants to.

 

Love of the sea.....ever changing, ever moving, high tide, low tide, peaceful.  Whenever i look at the sea, it is different.  The sea has so many moods.  She should be treated with respect.  It is the strongest natural thing in the world, far stronger than anything on dry land.  The sea is so strong, it has the power to erode rock, to devast towns, to wash anything she choses out to sea, she is beautiful, always different, sometimes clear, sometimes murky, full of seaweed, shells, animals, calm, annoyed, angry, peaceful.....

 

God's lov....., never-ending, so deep, so safe, so sincere, so forgiving...

 

Because of    His AMAZING GRACE...